Finally, it’s final — for a year. After at least two months of study on insurance options, Carlton County Coordinator Dennis Genereau announced at the meeting of the Carlton County Board of Commissioners on November 28 that Blue Cross Blue Shield...

Republican candidate for the U.S. Representative District 8 seat, Stewart Mills, has suspended his recount effort against democratic incumbent Rick Nolan. On Tuesday, November 29, Mills filed for a recount request with Secretary of State Steve Simon...

A winter storm, the first of the season, slammed the region Friday. With rain turned ice and near whiteout conditions reported at times, numerous vehicle accidents occured. Though plows were out in full-force, the Minnesota Department of...

Welfare fraud is the other side of the drug problem, said Osten Berg of Moose Lake at the meeting of TRIAD and Fond du Lac Elder Concerns Group on Wednesday, November 2, at the Fond du Lac Tribal Cent...

The Moose Lake Windemere Sanitary Sewer District (MLWSSD) is replacing its main lift station located at the intersection of Highway 61 and Coffee Lake Road. The project started November 2 and should...

The Carlton County Board of Commissioners are expected to pick HealthPartners for county employee health coverage at a major cost savings with little change in benefits. Final approval cannot be accepted until the seven unions involved vote in favor...

Victor Arden Barnard, 55, will likely live the rest of his life in prison following his sentencing on Friday, in which he was sentenced to 30 years. A little over two weeks ago, Barnard shocked most...

The Carlton County Board of Commissioners continues to wrestle with county employee health insurance costs. After their last meeting in which they decided to pursue health care coverage from HealthPartners at a first year savings of $340,000 in...

A total of $340,000 a year will be saved from Carlton County employee health insurance premiums in action taken by the Carlton County commissioners at their October 11 meeting. HealthPartners was chosen tentatively, subject to union approval, as the...

Roberta Dwyer, project manager from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), attended the Safe Routes to School meeting October 6, to discuss the intersection of Highway 73 and County Road...

Less than four months after appearing in Pine County Court on 58 counts of criminal sexual conduct, the former leader of an alleged cult in Pine County shocked most court observers by pleading guilty to two of the counts, which means he is facing 30...

A Rutledge man has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, a felony. On September 27, according to the complaint, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a report from a bear hunter who employed Scottie...

Staff members from U.S. Sen. Al Franken's office visited Moose Lake on Wednesday, September 28, for a listening session to learn about infrastructure needs of small communities in the area. "This is o...

Two men were found unconscious near a business district in Hinckley last Friday due to heroin overdose. On Friday, September 16, Pine County deputies were dispatched to the Taco Bell in Hinckley due to reports of a male running around the parking...

Three crew members injured when a North Memorial Health Care ambulance helicopter crashed about 2:07 a.m. Saturday, September 17, north of the Alexandria Municpal Airport near the edge of Lake Winona have been identified. Among the crew members is...

The Moose Lake School Board toured the new Moose Lake Community School building, which is under construction, during the working meeting of the board on Monday, September 12. Construction is expected...